Roseanne Barr on why Trump lovers and haters might like the revival of her ABC sitcom

Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman, sitting on a replica of the famed 'Roseanne' couch, take part in a panel about the sitcom's revival at the winter TV press tour in Pasadena, Calif.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images)

Roseanne Barr, left, and many original cast members are back in the Conner kitchen when 'Roseanne' returns March 27 on ABC.(Photo: Adam Rose/ABC)

"It was working-class people who elected Trump, and that was very real and needed to be discussed," said Barr, who added that the idea of people hating others for voting differently from them is "un-American."

She said she's "not a Trump apologist, and there are a lot of things he has said and done that I don't agree with."

Barr, who went on a recent political tweet-storm that culminated in an announcement she's retiring (from Twitter), acknowledged pulling back from outspokenness as the premiere approaches.

"My children took my Twitter password away from me, which is kind of disturbing because so much is going on this week," the grandmother of six said. "But I didn't want it to overshadow the show, so I'm taking a little bit of a break."

Barr, who sat on the famed Roseanne couch with original cast members including John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf, said she intended to revisit the groundbreaking comedy.

"I always wanted a tenth year to complete what I did in the first nine," she said, saying she's open to continuing beyond the nine-episode season.

Barr and executive producer Bruce Helford were cagey when asked how the show differs from its earlier version. Goodman's Dan Conner died in the finale, to be explained through Roseanne's dreams and writing.

Barr is excited about returning after so many years. "I think it's fun to check back in with a family you knew … and knew so much about. It's like old friends," she said.

As for current events, Barr was asked if she would support Oprah Winfrey for president, which has enjoyed a social-media groundswell after her Golden Globes speech Sunday.

"I love Oprah, like everybody else," she said. But she supported Trump because "it was time for us as a country to shake things up and try something different."

Still, "I would be a better president than Oprah and Susan Sarandon, and possibly President Trump. And I did run in 2012."

'Trust' will star Donald Sutherland as oil baron John Paul Getty, who initially refused to pay the ransom when his grandson (Harris Dickinson, right) and Hilary Swank as the boy's mother, Gail. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Swank isn't the only Oscar winner involved with 'Trust.' It's being directed and executive-produced by Danny Boyle (seen here) and written by Simon Beaufoy. Both won Oscars for their work on 2008's 'Slumdog Millionaire.' Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images